Hellen Keller: “Strike against war…”

“Strike against all ordinances and laws and institutions that continue the slaughter of peace and the butcheries of war. Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.” – Hellen Keller, “Strike Against War”, a speech delivered to the Women’s Peace Party in New York, New York, 5 January 1916